shubhank sharma asks:
How can I format a write protected flash disk? It is write protected due to some kind of virus. And I am pretty sure about it. No tool such as HDD format tool or Partition Magic works against it. There is no switch and there is no problem with the registry. Please help me out. Flash disk is of iball company, 8GB.
4 Answers -
Anonymous
May 8, 2011Hi
Try Hp format tool
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Hard-Disk-Utils/HP-USB-Disk-Storage-Format-Tool.shtml
or Neo Tool
http://www.box.net/shared/9hgp81ndgs
if dont work then try
HDD Low Level Format Tool 2.36.1181
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Hard-Disk-Utils/HDD-Low-Level-Format-Tool.shtml
After the low level format, you may need to “Partition the
drive“.
For that:
Run diskmgmt.msc in Run.
In the disk management window, select the pen drive, right click on it and
click on Format.
Now choose the File System and Allocation Unit Size and do not check the
boxes below.
Click OK and the drive will be reusable after this.
it also dosen’ty work regret system also do not work , after pluging in itg shows a dialogue box there ‘s written please remove write protection from volwme … in drivedeviceharddisk1dr34 , canu you tell it’s solution please
January 24, 2012perhaps like this
Start > Run “cmd”
type–> diskpart
type–> list volume
type–> select volume #
type–> attributes disk clear readonly
type–> x:>attrib -r /s /d (X= hard drive, usb key)
or
January 24, 20121. Go to run, type regedit and press enter.
2. Navigate to the path:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlStorageDevicePolicies
If the registry key StorageDevicePolicies does not exist, you will need to create it manually.
3. Highlight StorageDevicePolicies, and then create a New DWORD (32-bit) Value named as WriteProtect.
4. Double click the key WriteProtect in the right window and set the value to 0 in the Value Data Box and press OK button
5. Restart your computer and see if this help
there is a bat file here
http://www.troublefixers.com/remove-write-protection-on-usb-pen-drive-or-memory-card-or-ipod/
awsome trick…thanks bro….
February 19, 2012thanks for your input, glad that fixed your problem.
February 19, 2012Oron Joffe
May 8, 2011If ha14′s advice does not work for you, try to repartition the drive, splitting it into two partitions. Now format the first one. If this works, you can delete both partitions, create a new partition across the whole drive and format it again.
Tina
May 15, 2011Shubhank Sharma,
were you able to fix your drive with the tips above? Please do let us know whether it worked!
no it didnt work
March 27, 2012Pupaenet7
August 25, 2011try this usb format 100%worked.